![]() ![]() But one day, in a week, a month, a year, on that day when God willing, we all return to our homes again, you're going to feel very proud of what you have achieved here in the face of great adversity. I don't know whether that kind of thinking is very healthy, but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time. Particularly in comparison with other men's careers. And you wonder, you ask yourself, what the sum total of your life represents, what difference your being there at any time made to anything, or if it made any difference at all really. But there are times when suddenly you realise you're nearer the end than the beginning. I don't suppose I've been at home more than ten months in all that time. Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that I've been in the service. Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers, British soldiers, Clipton, even in captivity. And I hope that the people that use this bridge in years to come will remember how it was built and who built it. It's essential that they should take a pride in their job. We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of doing.It's going to be a proper bridge. It isn't going to be easy, but fortunately, we have the means at hand, the bridge.We can teach these barbarians a lesson in Western methods and efficiency that will put them to shame. ![]() Thanks to the Japanese, we now command a rabble. I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands. ![]()
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